AMARANTH (amaranthus hypochondriacus l)

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	AMARANTH
	*amaranthus hypochondriacus l*

Name
AMARANTH

Scientific Name
amaranthus hypochondriacus l

AMARANTH

Castilian: Amaranth, amaranta.

English: Amarath, prince's to feather

Common name: Pen of Prince

The plant prefers the light and requires humid earth many people eat a cooked variety of this plant as one the spinach also is consumed the seeds and that they are rich in mineral vitamins and

The seeds can be consumed crude or cooked, they can be used like a cereal substitute. They are possible to be hornear just as popcorn. The seed can be dampened by 12 hours in lukewarm and then water when appearing to hope near 11 days by then to add to the salads. They are very small but the seed is easy to harvest and very nutritious. The seed can be cooked the total, and thus gets to be very gelatinous, but thus part of the seed is quite difficult in its totality will happen right through the digestive apparatus without being assimilated.

An obtained red pigment of the plant is used like a colorante for food and medicines. The yellow and green dyes can be obtained from the rest of plasta

The whole plant contains tannin and is astringent. It is internally used in the treatment of diarrea and excessive menstruation. It is possible to be used in gárgaras to calm the inflammation of the pharynx and to accelerate the treatment of ulcerado in the mouth, while it is possible also to be applied in external form like vaginal showers, in nasal hemorrhages. The plant can be used fresh or it is possible to be harvested after the time to bloom

[ 168 ] I Grae. The Colors of the Nature - Dyes of Plants. MacMillan.. New York. 1974 ISBN a 0-02-544950-8 very good book and legible a

to dye.

[ 183 ] S.Facciola. The horn of the abundance - a Book of the Origin of Plantas Eatable. The Publications of Kampong 1990 Excellent ISBN 0-9628087-0-9.

[ 196 ] H. Popenoe. Harvests of the Incas National Academy 0-309-04264-X Tightens 1990 ISBN an excellent book. Very legible, with much information and good photographies of some plants known like food of S. Ame'rica.

[ 200 ] To Huxley. The New Dictionary of RHS of the Horticulture. 1992. MacMillan Aprieta 1992 Excellent and very complete ISBN 0-333-47494-5, although contains several idiot errors.

[ 206 ] J. Larkcom the Eastern Vegetables John Murray 1991 ISBN 0-7195-4781-4 written and very informative Good.

[ 238 ] Inclined. D. The encyclopedia of Grass and its Uses. Dorling Kindersley, London. 1995 ISBN a 0-7513-020-31 very well presented/displayed and informative book in grass of around the globe.

[ 244 ] Phillips. R. & Foy. N. The Casserole of grass Reserva S.A. London. 1990 ISBN 0-330-30725-8 Tratan with all class of grass including medicinal, culinario, smelled and dye plants. The excellent photographies with quite good information in each plant.

[ 254 ] Chevallier. A. The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants Dorling Kindersley. London 1996 a 9-780751-303148 of ISBN excellent guide to on 500 of the medicinal grass rather known around the world.

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